Financial Anlayst
Job Description
Summary
About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the Fort Meade, MD.
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Duties
Develop and justify the command’s budget submission during the PPBE Budgeting phase, ensuring alignment with mission priorities and DoD guidance.
Prepare budget justification materials, including narrative justifications, exhibits, reprogramming requests, and responses to higher headquarters and congressional inquiries.
Analyze the impacts of legislative, policy, and program changes on resource requirements and provide data driven recommendations to senior leaders.
Review, validate, and consolidate budget inputs from subordinate organizations, identifying discrepancies, assessing trade offs, and recommending adjustments.
Conduct detailed financial and data analytics to support budget formulation, defend estimates, and identify trends or systemic issues.
Present and defend budget estimates in reviews and working groups with Army Staff, OSD, Joint Staff, and other stakeholders.
Monitor budget execution to inform future submissions and identify emerging unfunded requirements or resource risks.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
Three year trial/probationary period may be required.
Must be able to obtain and maintain TOP SECRET security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information.
Must undergo and successfully complete an initial and periodic Counter-Intelligence Polygraph (CI Poly) examination.
Must be able to obtain and maintain access to NSA.
Incumbent may be required to travel approximately 10% of the time and may be required to travel in military and/or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments.
Incumbent may be recalled to duty, may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays, and may be required to work overtime.
This position has been designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP). Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing.
See "Additional Information" for requirements for this position.
Qualifications
CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS".
Who May Apply:
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.
This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled.
Specialized experience would be demonstrated by 1) Assisting with budget strategies for major programs, such as, assessing funding options, evaluating trade-offs, and advising senior leaders on resource decisions; 2) Conducting detailed impact analyses on budget and program changes to provide data-driven recommendations; 3) Preparing comprehensive budget justification materials in compliance with all federal requirements; 4) Conducting detailed financial and data analytics to support budget formulation and estimates, such as, trend analysis, data mining, and root-cause analysis.
Additional information
If you are a current federal career/career-conditional employee, you will be placed on an excepted appointment.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with (SCI) Sensitive Compartmented Info. Intelligence Community Dir 704
This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
This is a(n) Comptroller Career Field position.
Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information.
Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
Relocation/Recruitment and Advance Leave Accrual incentive MAY BE authorized for highly qualified candidate. Must sign a service agreement if incentive(s) is/are authorized.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
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04/07/2026
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